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Be it known that I, ALBERT JACKSON, of Clifton Springs, in the county of Ontario, and State of New York, have invented a. new and improved Lifting'Ja'ck; and that the following description, taken` in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to,A .forms affull and exact specification ofthe same, wherein I have set forththe nature and principles -of my said improvements, by which my invention maygbe distinguished from all others of a similar class, together with suchparts as I claim, and desire to have secured to m'e by Letters Patent. l

The object of this invention is to obtain a lifting-jack for raising the axles of vehicles, which may be con- .structed at a very small cost, be strong and durable, and capable of being operated withithe greatest facility.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention. Y Figure 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line a: as, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parte.

` A A represent two uprights, which are parallel with each other; andattached to a suitable base-piece, B,

and C is a' lever which is fitted between said uprights, and Workson a fulcrum-pin,i.a, the latter passing horizontally through the uprights. The por-tion of this lever Cbetween the uprights is an eccentric,`as shown clearly `manufactured, and sold at an extremely low price, and at a fair profit.

at D in iig. 1. E represents a vertical slide, which is composed of strips at opposite edges of the uprights, and connected at their upper and lower ends by crossfbars e c, of such width that they work between the uprights A A, the upper cross-bar c being above the eccentric D. The strips at one edge of the uprights A. are rather lower than those; at the opposite edge, as shown clearly in iig. 1, in order that the device may be adjusted to both the' front and rear axlesof a vehicle without shifting the fulcrum-pin a of the leverG, it being designed to have a plurality of holes, ain the uprights, to admit of the lever C being adjusted higher or lower to suit the different height of the axles of different vehicles.

,It 'will be seen from the above description that in 'order to raise an axle atene end, in order that its wheelV may clear the ground -and be readily removed, the slide E is adjusted under the axle, the 'outer end of the lever C being raised, as shown in black in iig. 1, and the most elevated or the'lowest strips Vb being placed under p the axle, according to the height of the latter. The outer end of lever C is then pressed down, and the eccentric D, in consequence of working against the under side of the upper cross-bar @raises the slide `E and the axle, the eccentric, wheri the axle is elevated, being retained in position in consequence of the line of pressure being in a vertical line, or nearly so, with thc fulcrum-pin ax. V' i Thus, by this simple means, I avoid al1 catches or fastenings for holding fthe lever, and dispensewith all iron-work except the fulcrum-pin of the lever and n. few screws. The device, therefore', may be very cheaply Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A lifting-jack, composed of the uprights A A, base-pieee B, slide E, and the lever C, provided with the eccentric D, all being combined and arranged to operate in 4the manner substantially asand for thc purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 13th day of July, 1867.

' ALBERT JACKSON.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNsMAnA, J. A. Sanvxcn. 

